The 2010 Lunar New Year Cup is a
football
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tournament held in
Hong Kong
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on the fourth day of the
Chinese New Year
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of the
Tiger
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(18 January 2010).
Format
The teams play against each other in 45-minute matches like
TIM Trophy
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, but if the matches are goalless the matches are not decided by penalty shoot-outs.
Participating teams
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Kitchee
Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional Association football, football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League.
The club has won championships in Hong Kong 11 times, in ...
(host)
*
Pohang Steelers
The Pohang Steelers (Hangul: 포항 스틸러스) are a South Korean professional football club based in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province that compete in the K League 1, the top flight of South Korean football. The Steelers were founded on 1 A ...
*
Pegasus Invitation Team
Squads
Kitchee
* Head coach:
Josep Gombau
Josep Gombau Balague (born 5 June 1976) is a Spanish professional football manager who is the current head coach of Indian Super League club Odisha.
He is a former Barcelona youth team coach and has held multiple positions at the club's youth ...
* Coach:
Cheng Siu Chung
Cheng Siu Chung (; born 29 September 1972 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong football manager and former professional player. He is currently the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Southern.
He served as a commentator for the 2010 FIFA ...
* Executive Officer:
Alex Chu Chi Kwong
* Manager:
Ken Ng
Ken Ng (; ; born 1 March 1951) is the president of Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee. He is a former referee and a former member of the Hong Kong First Division board. Ng, along with Steven Lo, Chan Man Chun, and Chan Tin Yau, formed the p ...
Pohang Steelers
* Head coach:
Waldemar Lemos
Waldemar Lemos de Oliveira, commonly known as Waldemar Lemos (born June 5, 1954), is a Brazilian professional football coach who currently manages Remo.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, he managed several clubs during his career as a head coach. With Fl ...
* Coach:
Choi Moon-sik
Choi Moon-Sik (born January 6, 1971) is a retired South Korean football player who was well known for his dribbling skills and prominent technical ability. He played for the Pohang Steelers (South Korea), Chunnam Dragons (South Korea), Oita Tri ...
* Interpreter:
Na Young-joon
* Trainer:
An Sung-hoon
* Manager:
Shin Joo-hyun
HKFA.com
FC Pohang SteelersTeam List
Pegasus Invitation Team
Fixtures
All times given in Hong Kong Time
Hong Kong Time (abbreviation: HKT; ) is the time in Hong Kong, observed at UTC+08:00 all year round. The Hong Kong Observatory is the official timekeeper of the Hong Kong Time. It is indicated as Asia/Hong_Kong in the IANA time zone database.
...
(UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
).
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Top scorers
1 goal
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lunar New Year Cup, 2010
2009–10 in Hong Kong football
2010
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